They Are Billions
They Are Billions is a Steampunk strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic planet. Build and defend colonies to survive against the billions of the infected that seek to annihilate the few remaining living…
They Are Billions is an indie developed by Numantian Games, released 18 June 2019 on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 93 hrs to finish.
What They Are Billions is
They Are Billions is an indie game developed by Numantian Games and released in 2019. It was published by BlitWorks. It is available on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
They Are Billions is a post-apocalyptic steampunk real-time strategy survival video game developed and published by Numantian Games. Available on Microsoft Windows, it was released onto Steam's Early Access program with a survival mode in December 2017. The game was released with a campaign titled "New Empire" on June 18, 2019. PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions were published by BlitWorks on July 1, 2019.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are science fiction and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 34 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
They Are Billions holds a critic score of 76 out of 100. That places it above 55% of the 5,098 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2019 averaged 69, so it scored 7 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 75, across 68 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 93 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 162 hrs, roughly 1.7 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for INTEL, AMD 2 cores CPU at 2Ghz, 4 GB RAM and Intel HD3000, Radeon, Nvidia card with shader model 3, 1GB video ram.. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 4GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
They Are Billions launched on 18 June 2019, within three weeks of Outer Wilds, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, Super Mario Maker 2 and The Sinking City. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 6 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Outer Wilds, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, Super Mario Maker 2, The Sinking City.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for They Are Billions yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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